Decoding the spermatogenesis program: new insights from transcriptomic analyses

M Rabbani, X Zheng, GL Manske… - Annual review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Spermatogenesis is a complex differentiation process coordinated spatiotemporally across
and along seminiferous tubules. Cellular heterogeneity has made it challenging to obtain …

Sperm functional genome associated with bull fertility

M Özbek, M Hitit, A Kaya, FD Jousan… - Frontiers in veterinary …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Bull fertility is an important economic trait in sustainable cattle production, as infertile or
subfertile bulls give rise to large economic losses. Current methods to assess bull fertility are …

A comprehensive roadmap of murine spermatogenesis defined by single-cell RNA-seq

CD Green, Q Ma, GL Manske, AN Shami, X Zheng… - Developmental cell, 2018 - cell.com
Spermatogenesis requires intricate interactions between the germline and somatic cells.
Within a given cross section of a seminiferous tubule, multiple germ and somatic cell types …

Chromatin and single-cell RNA-seq profiling reveal dynamic signaling and metabolic transitions during human spermatogonial stem cell development

J Guo, EJ Grow, C Yi, H Mlcochova, GJ Maher… - Cell stem cell, 2017 - cell.com
Human adult spermatogonial stem cells (hSSCs) must balance self-renewal and
differentiation. To understand how this is achieved, we profiled DNA methylation and open …

Cell-fate transition and determination analysis of mouse male germ cells throughout development

J Zhao, P Lu, C Wan, Y Huang, M Cui, X Yang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Mammalian male germ cell development is a stepwise cell-fate transition process; however,
the full-term developmental profile of male germ cells remains undefined. Here, by …

ID4 levels dictate the stem cell state in mouse spermatogonia

AR Helsel, QE Yang, MJ Oatley, T Lord… - …, 2017 - journals.biologists.com
Spermatogenesis is a classic model of cycling cell lineages that depend on a balance
between stem cell self-renewal for continuity and the formation of progenitors as the initial …

Mechanisms regulating mammalian spermatogenesis and fertility recovery following germ cell depletion

HM La, RM Hobbs - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2019 - Springer
Mammalian spermatogenesis is a highly complex multi-step process sustained by a
population of mitotic germ cells with self-renewal potential known as spermatogonial stem …

Open niche regulation of mouse spermatogenic stem cells

S Yoshida - Development, growth & differentiation, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In mammalian testes, robust stem cell functions ensure the continual production of sperm. In
testicular seminiferous tubules, spermatogenic stem cells (SSC s) are highly motile and are …

A bioenergetic shift is required for spermatogonial differentiation

W Chen, Z Zhang, C Chang, Z Yang, P Wang, H Fu… - Cell discovery, 2020 - nature.com
A bioenergetic balance between glycolysis and mitochondrial respiration is particularly
important for stem cell fate specification. It however remains to be determined whether …

Alterations in the sperm histone-retained epigenome are associated with unexplained male factor infertility and poor blastocyst development in donor oocyte IVF …

MM Denomme, BR McCallie, JC Parks… - Human …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
STUDY QUESTION Is there a distinct sperm histone-retained epigenetic signature in
unexplained male factor infertility patients resulting in compromised blastocyst …